Re: Another PDF with non-behaving form fields

Hello Ulf, pdfbox does apply some fix ups automatically when doing .getAcroForm(). One is to check for widgets which doen't have a field entry as is the case in your form and create them. You can look up the code in AcroFormDefaultFixup. The way it's currently done is that this only kicks in if

Re: Another PDF with non-behaving form fields

Hello Ulf, which pdfbox version are you using? BR Maruan Am Donnerstag, dem 05.06.2025 um 10:08 +0200 schrieb Ulf Dittmer: > Weird, macOS Preview considers them as fields, making it possible to > enter data. > > But happily, entering blanks, and then saving it (using macOS > Preview), makes th

Re: Another PDF with non-behaving form fields

3.0.5 On Thu, Jun 5, 2025 at 10:40 AM sahy...@fileaffairs.de < sahy...@fileaffairs.de> wrote: > Hello Ulf, > > which pdfbox version are you using? > > BR > Maruan > > >

Re: Another PDF with non-behaving form fields

Weird, macOS Preview considers them as fields, making it possible to enter data. But happily, entering blanks, and then saving it (using macOS Preview), makes them proper fields, and then PrintFields can see those fields. I'll try that first next time :-) Thanks for looking at it! Ulf On Thu, J